W5FL
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- Apr 7, 2000
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- Central Texas
- Tractor
- TYM T-1104/TX10 Loader Kubota M6800SD/LA1002 Loader Kubota RTV900
Found a natural product called NOLO BAIT that is to be applied at the rate of 5 tsp/100 sq ft. Comes in 1 lb can and costs about $17. Now that would cover about 2000 sq ft per can or $340 per acre. WOW. Guess I better hope it works for the garden - well maybe for a few rows of corn.....
Unless they sell this stuff in agricultural quantities, it doesn't really matter whether it works or not, it is too costly. Cheaper to let the grass hopper eat everything.
It also works on crickets, which are a real problem here at the fist sign of cool weather - long way off.
Other baits include SEVIN dust mixed with Molasses. Told that it works, but it kills everything else that eats it too...
I have a little boston terrier that kills and eats grass hoppers. He can keep 2000 sq ft clear of grasshoppers, but I would need 200 more terriers to keep the grasshoppers down, and I don't think he eats crickets. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Unless they sell this stuff in agricultural quantities, it doesn't really matter whether it works or not, it is too costly. Cheaper to let the grass hopper eat everything.
It also works on crickets, which are a real problem here at the fist sign of cool weather - long way off.
Other baits include SEVIN dust mixed with Molasses. Told that it works, but it kills everything else that eats it too...
I have a little boston terrier that kills and eats grass hoppers. He can keep 2000 sq ft clear of grasshoppers, but I would need 200 more terriers to keep the grasshoppers down, and I don't think he eats crickets. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif